Tob. Sci., 1979, 23-23, p. 72-74, ISSN. 0082-4523
Mating and ovipositional status of female cigarette beetles killed by dichlorvos application in tobacco warehouses
Philip Morris USA, Research Center, P.O. Box 26563, Richmond, Virginia USA
The mating and ovipositional status of feral cigarette beetle females was studied. Of those females killed by dichlorvos and collected for examination, 96.3% had mated and the average number of eggs/female was 19.7. One hundred percent of female...